Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 758)

Printing graphics and fonts
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Options for printing graphics
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PostScript printing options
Options for omitting graphics
Options for printing graphics
Choose from the following options in the Graphics area of the Print dialog box to specify how graphics are handled during output.
Controls how much image data in placed bitmap images to send to the printer or file.
Sends full-resolution data, which is appropriate for any high-resolution printing, or for printing grayscale or color images with high contrast, as
in black-and-white text with one spot color. This option requires the most disk space.
Sends just enough image data to print the graphic at the best possible resolution for the output device. (A high-
resolution printer will use more data than a low-resolution desktop model.) Select this option when you’re working with high-resolution images but
printing proofs to a desktop printer.
InDesign does not subsample EPS or PDF graphics, even when Optimized Subsampling is selected.
Sends screen-resolution versions (72 dpi) of placed bitmap images, thereby reducing printing time.
Temporarily removes all graphics when you print and replaces them with graphics frames with crossbars, thereby reducing printing time.
The graphics frames are the same dimensions as the imported graphics and clipping paths are maintained, so you can still check sizes and
positioning. Suppressing the printing of imported graphics is useful when you want to distribute text proofs to editors or proofreaders. Printing
without graphics is also helpful when you’re trying to isolate the cause of a printing problem.
Options for downloading fonts to a printer
Printer-resident fonts are stored in a printer’s memory or on a hard drive connected to the printer. Type 1 and TrueType fonts can be stored either
on the printer or on your computer; bitmap fonts are stored only on your computer. InDesign downloads fonts as needed, provided they are
installed on your computer’s hard disk.
Choose from the following options in the Graphics area of the Print dialog box to control how fonts are downloaded to the printer.
Includes a reference to the font in the PostScript file, which tells the RIP or a post-processor where the font should be included. This option
is appropriate if the fonts reside in the printer. However, to ensure that fonts are interpreted correctly, use one of the other font downloading
options, such as Subset or Download PPD Fonts.
Downloads all fonts required for the document at the beginning of the print job. All glyphs and characters in the font are included even
if they’re not used in the document. InDesign automatically subsets fonts that contain more than the maximum number of glyphs (characters)
specified in the Preferences dialog box.
Downloads only the characters (glyphs) used in the document. Glyphs are downloaded once per page. This option typically results in
faster and smaller PostScript files when used with single-page documents or short documents without much text.
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